You will be welcomed to Tel Aviv by our representative and transferred to your hotel in Tiberias for dinner and overnight.

Follow an ancient caravan route through the Jezreel Valley to Tel Megiddo, an exciting archeological dig with layers of twenty different cities all built on top of each other. View Mount Carmel and recall Elijah’s dramatic victory over the prophets of Baal. You will travel to Caesarea by the Sea on the Mediterranean coastline. It was here that Cornelius the Centurion and his household were saved and baptized, and it was also where Paul made his defense before Festus and King Agrippa prior to his final journey to Rome. Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

Cross the waters of the Sea of Galilee on a very special boat ride, complete with an onboard worship service. Visit the ruins of Magdala, home town of Mary Madalene and the site where Yeshua undoubtedly had visited. Visit the peaceful Mount of Beatitudes that overlooks the Sea of Galilee. On this hill, Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount. Stop at Tabgha, where the feeding of the 5,000 is remembered at the Church of the Loaves and Fish. After a St. Peter’s fish lunch, travel to Capernaum, the center of Jesus’ ministry in the Galilee. Visit the synagogue that stands on the site where Jesus taught. Recall His teaching and preaching the gospel of the kingdom. Remember your baptism at the Yardenit Baptismal site, where the Jordan River exits the Sea of Galilee on its journey southward (Matt. 3). Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

Today, we leave the Galilee and begin our journey up to Jerusalem. Visit Harod (Gideon’s Spring), the site where the Lord showed Gideon who he should choose for his army of 300 to fight the Midianites (Judges 7). We will also stop at Beth Shean, one of the 10 cities of the decapolis and where the bodies of Saul and his sons were hung from the city walls after the defeat on Mount Gilboa (1 Samuel 31). We will drive past the outskirts of Jericho, the site of the city conquered by Joshua (Joshua 6:1, 2, 20). In the distance, we will see the traditional site of the Temptation of Jesus (Matthew 4:1-11). Ascend the hills of the Judean Wilderness on our way up to the city of Jerusalem, where we will take a moment to view and reflect on its history before checking into our hotel for dinner and a good night’s sleep.

View Bethlehem and Shepherds’ Field, where angels made the proclamation that the Savior of the world had been born. Time for shopping will be given today. Stand atop the Mount of Olives as Jesus did and enjoy a remarkable view of the “Golden City” of Jerusalem. Forty days after His resurrection, Jesus ascended into heaven from the Mount of Olives (Acts 1). Visit the Chapel of the Ascension. Walk the Palm Sunday Road, down the Mount of Olives. Pray in the Garden of Gethsemane amongst the olive trees in the Kidron Valley across from the walls of Jerusalem.

A very full day of sightseeing is planned today. We begin traveling to Mount Zion and stand in the Upper Room, revered as the place of the Last Supper. View the site of King David’s Tomb. The next stop is the house of Caiaphas, who was the High Priest at the time of Jesus’ trial and crucifixion. Step back in time as you walk through the Rabbi’s Tunnel, where there is stonework from the Second Temple Period! Pray alongside the Jewish faithful at the Western Wall. Visit the Jerusalem Archeological Park, including the Southern Wall Excavations. Walk through the City of David excavations, taking you back in time 3,000 years. Stand on the steps of the Pool of Siloam, where Jesus healed the blind man.

Today, we will visit Masada and the Dead Sea. Ascend by cable car to Masada, Herod’s legendary mountaintop fortress, which became the last desperate stronghold of the Jewish rebellion against the Romans. You can still look down on the remains of the Roman camps and the siege ramp below. Continue to Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were first discovered in 1947 by Bedouin goat herders. Over the next nine years, over 900 ancient scrolls would be found in this network of ten caves. End your day with a dip in the salt and mineral-laden waters of the Dead Sea.

Return home with a transformed faith and memories to last a lifetime!